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DeKalb

United States · GDP 2024
#669 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 83% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.7B
GDP growth
+2.2%
Jobs tracked
29,129
Employers
1,975
Avg. wage
$54.3k
Population
101,835
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$70.7k±$2.5k
Business applications
948 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care23%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing19%
Transportation15%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
101,835
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $55.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−836
International migration+1,401
Natural change+741

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$4.4B
2019
$4.5B
2020
$4.9B
2021
$5.2B
2022
$5.5B
2023
$5.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$243.6k±$5.3k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
5.1%±1.0%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
264 (2.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
80.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 94Tornado 88Strong wind 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
255
2016
268
2017
277
2018
288
2019
292
2020
323
2021
360
2022
401
2023
426
2024
454
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$54.3k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Harrison$5.7BBlue Earth$5.6BFloyd$5.7BLewis and Clark$5.7BCascade$5.7BSuffolk (Independent City)$5.7B
The read

DeKalb's economy produced $5.7B in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower than 69% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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